Exploring happiness [electronic resource] : from Aristotle to brain science / Sissela Bok.
Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.Description: 218 pISBN:- 9780300139297 (cl alk. paper)
- 0300139292
- 9780300178104 (pbk.)
- 0300178107 (pbk.)
- 9780300168433 (e-book)
- 170 22
- BJ1481 .B64 2010eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p.[179]-202) and index.
Luck -- Experience -- Discordant Definitions -- "On The Happy Life" -- Measurement -- Beyond Temperament -- Is Lasting Happiness Achievable? -- Illusion -- The Scope Of Happiness.
Examines the nature of happiness, discussing how it has been treated in philosophy and religion and by the modern disciplines of psychology, economics, and neurocience, and considers the place of individual happiness within the context of modern life.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.